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Manual PCIe-DIO-144
Hardware Installation
1.
Make sure to set switches and jumpers from either the Hardware Details chapter
of this manual or from the suggestions of SETTINGS.EXE.
2.
Turn OFF computer power AND unplug AC power from the system.
3.
Open the computer cover.
4.
Lay the card on an ESD safe workstation mat and plug the 5 ribbon cables onto
the headers on the side of the card. Lay the cables as they will be when installed
in the PC.
5.
Remove the 2 nuts holding the strain relief bars onto the adjacent mounting
bracket and remove one of the strain relief bars, setting it aside along with the
nuts.
6.
Position the adjacent mounting bracket assembly under the cables, next to the
card mounting bracket.
7.
Install the strain relief bar removed in step 6 onto the adjacent mounting bracket
screws and tighten the nuts without over-tightening.
8.
Feed the ribbon cables secured by the adjacent mounting bracket out of the PC
case through the open back plate
next to
the PCI Express slot you’ll be plugging
the card into and install the bracket screw.
9.
Carefully plug the card into the PCI Express expansion slot while feeding the
cable slack through the adjacent open back plate.
10.
Inspect for proper fit of the card and tighten the bracket screw. Make sure that
the card mounting bracket is properly screwed into place and that there is a
positive chassis ground.
11.
Replace the computer cover and turn ON the computer which should auto-detect
the card (depending on the operating system) and automatically finish installing
the drivers.
12.
Run one of the provided sample programs that was copied to the newly created
card directory (from the CD or downloaded from the product page) to test and
validate your installation.
